TO HELL WITH THE FACTS!

Romney ad repeats false claim that Obama gutted welfare reform

Romney welfare reform ad screenshot

In a new video advertisement unveiled on Tuesday, the Romney campaign repeated a claim that has already been debunked numerous times.

SUPPRESS THE VOTE

Venture capitalist revealed as mystery buyer of voter fraud billboards

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A venture capitalist fund manager has admitted to paying for billboards in Wisconsin and Ohio that warned “voter fraud is a felony.”

SANDY FAKEOUT

Republican campaign manager unmasked as source of fake Sandy tweets

Social media network Twitter. Photo: AFP.

The campaign manager for a New York Republican congressional candidate has been named as the man behind a series of fake tweets.

POST-RACIAL AMERICA?

Dem office in Tennessee vandalized with racist bumper sticker

Obama bumper sticker via Facebook

The front window of the Sumner County Democratic Party office in Gallatin, Tennessee was defaced on Monday with a bumper sticker that refers to President Barack Obama as a “bro” and First Lady Michelle Obama as a “ho.”

DESEGREGATION?

George Romney tried to nix a ‘high-income white noose’ around black neighborhoods

A few months after Congress passed a landmark law directing the federal government to dismantle segregation in the nation’s housing, President Nixon’s housing chief began plotting a stealth campaign.

VOTER SUPRESSION

Romney campaign falsely training Wisc. poll watchers that IDs ‘must include photo’

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Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s campaign has been incorrectly training their election observers that photo IDs are required to vote in Wisconsin.

Science

New enzyme ‘produces more fuel from less corn’

Danish industrial enzymes maker Novozymes on Tuesday launched an enzyme that it said produces more…

Department of Energy switches on world’s fastest supercomputer

As seemingly all of America’s media focused on the threat posed by Hurricane Sandy, the…

Renewable energy will overtake nuclear power in UK, study says

Renewables will provide enough power for one in 10 British homes by 2015 if current…

Study: Shark and human minds share similarities

Shark brains have been found to share several features with those of humans, a discovery…

Tech News

Superstorm Sandy wreaks havoc on Internet data centers

Internet traffic and websites worldwide have been hit by the effects of superstorm Sandy which…

Head of iPhone software out in Apple shakeup

Apple on Monday announced that the executive in charge of the software powering its culture-changing…

Media

NYTimes columnist accuses ex-BBC head of ‘willful ignorance’ of sex abuse scandal

By Lisa O’Carroll, The Guardian Joe Nocera asks why ex-BBC director general did not order…

Home to Tintin and Smurfs, Belgium looks to reinvigorate comic industry

Home to Tintin and Smurfs, Belgium looks to reinvigorate comic industry It may now be…

World

Czech hockey fans hurl racist insults at NHL player

The Czech Ice Hockey Association said Tuesday it had fined top-flight Pirati Chomutov after its fans showered racist insults on…

Amsterdam’s pot shops saved after new Dutch government scraps ‘weed pass’

The Dutch city of Amsterdam, a famous hotspot for marijuana tourism, won’t be forced to stop selling weed to tourists…

Poland accused of creating ‘climate of fear’ for environmentalists

‘EurActiv: Polish government attacked for ‘harassment and bullying’ of green NGOs opposed to shale gas and coal power Polish environmentalists…

Rwanda jails opposition leader for ‘denying genocide’

Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire was jailed for eight years Tuesday after a court found her guilty of terror charges…

Georgian teacher converts airplane into kindergarten classroom

A headteacher in the Georgian city of Rustavi has found an unusual way to get children’s early education off the…

U.S. News

Video shows Omaha man’s dog ‘executed’ by police

A home surveillance camera in Omaha, Nebraska filmed police officers earlier this year arresting a…

Bush’s disgraced FEMA director stunned at Sandy response: ‘Why was this so quick?’

Michael Brown, the former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) chief under President George W. Bush…

New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq to reopen on Wednesday

The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq exchange announced they will reopen Wednesday after…

Texas pastor beaten to death with electric guitar

Authorities in Texas are investigating why a suspect in Forest Hill allegedly crashed his car…

Smashed bass guitar from ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ Nirvana video up for auction

A wrecked bass guitar smashed up during the music video for Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen…

New York devastated by storm horror

NEW YORK — New York awoke in shock Tuesday to the devastation of superstorm Sandy,…